Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Tulane
Derrick Shepard Jr.
DL • 6'3" • 310 lbs • Dayton, OH, USA
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Impact Production
26
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Tulane
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Cincinnati • UAB • Tulane
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Player Story
Derrick Shepard Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Dayton, OH wearing No. 94, spending time with Cincinnati, Tulane, and UAB. The clearest part of Derrick Shepard Jr.'s...
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- Committed To
- Cincinnati
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Derrick Shepard Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Tulane. Derrick Shepard Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 43
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Derrick Shepard Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulane · DL
- Career Tackles
- 43
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Tulane
- Top game
- Ole Miss
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Archbishop Alter · Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- Archbishop Alter · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 94 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · DL 772nd (top 72%) · American Athletic 385th (top 60%) · National 3,600th (top 58%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UAB | 12 | 34 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tulane | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.2 |
Related Context
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Derrick Shepard Jr. played DL for Cincinnati, UAB, and Tulane. Across 4 tracked seasons, Derrick Shepard Jr. recorded 43 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Tulane paired 3 primary output with 10.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Cincinnati, UAB, Tulane.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Tulane
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
10.2
Usage
2.8
Consistency
59.5
Best Game by takeover score
Ole Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 0. Duke: 1. Ole Miss: 1. East Carolina: 1. North Texas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 0 by 10. Ole Miss: 2 by 18.3. East Carolina: 0 by 10. North Texas: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ole Miss
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Ole Miss
Player Story
Derrick Shepard Jr. story
Derrick Shepard Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Dayton, OH wearing No. 94, spending time with Cincinnati, Tulane, and UAB. The clearest part of Derrick Shepard Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 43 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Derrick Shepard Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Cincinnati
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
UAB
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Tulane
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0.5 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UAB | 0.5 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tulane | 3 | 10.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 7 Ole Miss
Week 4 · L 10-45 · Ranked opponent
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.5 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 38 East Carolina
Week 7 · W 26-19 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Houston
Week 11 · W 24-14 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
36.9 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 36.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 44 Duke
Week 3 · W 34-27
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Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#5
vs UConn
Week 11 · L 23-31
0.5
Havoc Plays
35.8 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 35.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Tulane
3 primary output · 10.2 efficiency · 2.8 usage
48.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati
13.9
0.5 primary · 7.2 efficiency · 2.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · UAB
12.7
0.5 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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